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The American heroes who overpowered and subdued a terrorist on a train in France are huge sports fans -- and one of the heroes was rocking a Los Angeles Lakers shirt during the ordeal.

Three Americans and a British man tackled and beat up a terrorist on the Paris-bound train -- a terrorist armed with rifles and knives, intending to kill scores of passengers.

Check out the pic of Anthony Sadler, a California native who was decked out in Lakers gear when he sprung into action.

One of his fellow heroes, Alek Skarlatos a member of The National Guard from Oregon was wearing an FC Bayern jersey. The third American hero, Spencer Stone, is a member of the US Air Force.

Taylor Swift had them hanging from the rafters at the Staples Center in L.A. Friday night, and something else was hanging from the rafters ... with a little help from Kobe Bryant.

Taylor opened the first of 5 concerts at Staples, and Kobe jumped onstage to welcome her to his arena ... and he came bearing gifts.

Who's the bigger celeb ... Kobe or Taylor? Up for debate.

Justin Bieber better bring his best ollies and stick those 360s ... because a Montreal club has built a very unique $20,000 skate ramp for his one-off appearance.

Bieber's hosting a party Saturday at Beachclub -- the same place that threw down for Kylie Jenner's 18th -- and the place has been hammering away for weeks on a custom mini-ramp where Bieber and his guests will shred.

If you're wondering why a wooden skate ramp costs $20k ... it's because it freakin' floats! We're told $10,000 alone got sunk into the ramp's floating supports.

Bieber will also get to hit up the club's adjacent wakeboarding park. The club's getting something back for all its trouble -- we're told Justin's throwing in a 3-song performance to say thanks for the extreme party.

Skate or die!

NHL God Mike Bossy just got a HUGE assist from a famous rich guy -- Gavin Maloof -- who shelled out a fortune to reunite Mike with a legendary hockey puck ... TMZ Sports has learned.

We broke the story, Bossy lost his famous "50 in 50 puck" -- which he used to score his 50th goal in 50 games back in '81 -- 30 years ago, after his daughter mistakenly gave it away.

The guy who ended up with the puck put it up on eBay back in May -- and when Maloof caught wind of the sale, he tells us he felt compelled to take action to help Bossy get it back.

"I said, 'We need to get this puck. It means a lot to Mr. Bossy,'" Maloof tells TMZ Sports.

"50 goals in 50 games. Only a handful of people have ever done that. I needed to buy this puck. I don't care how much it costs."

Long story short ... Maloof sealed the deal for just under $7,000 and immediately got on the horn to get in touch with Bossy so he could give it back.

"We invited Bossy to Las Vegas, put him up in the Bellagio and are taking him out tonight for a nice steak dinner."

When Bossy got to Sin City, he authenticated the puck and checked out the model for the hockey rink Maloof is hoping to build if the NHL green lights his plan to start a new franchise in Vegas.

As for Mike's daughter, Maloof says Bossy joked that she's finally out of the dog house -- "Once he got the puck back, he let her know that she's finally off the hook."

Everyone's talking about Compton, but pro boxer Brian Viloria says he knows a (beautiful) hood where the G's are even tougher ... the Big Island of Hawaii.

Viloria -- a three time world champ -- is fighting on the undercard of the HUGE GGG vs David Lemieux fight in October, and when we caught up to him at an L.A. press event we had to ask ... what makes those Hawaiians so surly?

Check out the clip -- Viloria makes damn good sense explaining why his state is so down for the drama ... and even tells a personal story of a time he had to serve a guy island style.

Things have gone from bad to worse for Italian cyclist Vittorio Brumotti ... TMZ Sports has learned the brutal roadside attack he suffered might cost him one of his eyes.

As we previously reported ... Brumotti was the victim of a heinous roadside ambush while on a ride in Northern Italy earlier this week.

Doctors are set to operate Monday to repair injuries from the attack ... and doctors have told Brumotti the damage is so severe, they may have to remove his right eye.

Brumotti posted a graphic picture of his face shortly after the incident which clearly showed the extent of the damage.

Michael Jordan still CAN'T LOSE -- winning an $8.9 MILLION judgment against a grocery store chain that used his name without permission for an ad in 2009.

A former professional hockey player is suing the NHL -- claiming he was seriously jacked up from several fights during his career ... and blames the league for failing to look out for his health.

The man behind the lawsuit is Cam Severson -- who was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in 1997.

In his suit, Severson says he was involved in at least 10 fights during his career ... and specifically calls out an instance during the '03-'04 season where he was so badly disoriented, he skated to the wrong bench afterward and sat down with the wrong team.

Severson also references a 2004 fight with Martin Grenier in which he claims he suffered a concussion ... and an incident with enforcer Brad May in 2006 where he says he suffered a "severe concussion."

Severson says the league glorifies dangerous bare knuckle fist fighting ... and cares about fighting even more than the actual game.

Severson says he now suffers from acute migraine syndrome, headaches, memory loss and acute back pain due to his time in the NHL.

Charlamagne tha God thinks NBA star Iman Shumpert SUCKS as a rapper -- which is why it's kind of a big deal that he just admitted Iman's new song is actually "not garbage."

The MTV 2 star -- and host of "The Breakfast Club" -- was on "TMZ Hollywood Sports" and gave Shumpert quasi-props on his new rap, "290 West."

"I will say sonically it was okay. It wasnt garbage."

But the problem with Iman as a rapper, according to Charlamagne ... "[He's] shot so many times and missed, that I don't trust him with the ball."

For the record, Charlamagne has been super critical of Iman for a while ... to the point where Iman previously fired back in a diss track.

So, as frosty as this review seems, it's still progress ... right?

Shane Mosley tells TMZ Sports he sees the writing on the wall -- acknowledging that Don King might TKO his fight with Ricardo Mayorga next week unless his lawyers can pull off a miracle.

As we previously reported, King claims he has the rights to Mayorga and never signed off on the August 29 fight with Mosley. Shane went to court in Miami hoping to stop King from blocking the fight, but Shane doesn't think it's going his way.

"I feel that it's gonna be kind of hard for the fight to take place ... but there's some things that my legal team said that we can do to make it where we can actually get the fight," Mosley said.

Shane says if the fight DOESN'T happen, not to fear -- "I hear there's other fights, pretty good fights out there as well on the same day. We're gonna see how things go."

Steve Nash wants everyone to know how awesome it was to drop ecstasy pills -- when it was legal, of course ... so he's making a movie about the drug craze.

The ex-NBA MVP is producing the flick centering around the drug's popularity in Dallas in the '80s (h/t BSO) ... when it was legal. We know what you're thinking -- Nash played for the Dallas Mavericks from 1998 to 2004.

The answer is yes, that's when he learned about X ... strictly from talking to people in Big D, of course. Steve told Variety, "After poring over the material I found an incredibly unique story with so many vibrant characters and a bold history known as the origin to the rave scene ecstasy culture."

You've heard from athletes, pundits ... even Rush Limbaugh ... but now the question -- how does Kevin Federline feel about James Harrison's anti-participation trophy stance??

HE LOVES IT!!!

We were talkin' football with Federleezy on his way out of Boa Steakhouse on Sunset Blvd. when he applauded the NFL star for making his kids give their trophies back.

K-Fed knows a little something about parenting ... he's got 6 kids ... and says it's important that all of them understand how the real world works.

"Don't give 'em something, make 'em EARN IT."

Rick Ross' gig at a Super Bowl party turned into a disaster because he's no social media guru ... in fact he sucks at Instagram and Twitter ... according to the company that paid him to headline.

Conexts is suing Rick for the Jan. 30 event that was scheduled to go down at the Scottsdale Mall Amphitheater. According to the docs, Ricky Rozay agreed to do some heavy duty social media promotion for the party and concert.

The company says he was supposed to do DAILY social postings for 2 weeks leading up to it -- but only did ONE post. Conexts says it was crucial for the event's success for Rick to reach out to his 13 million followers.

Rick got $55,000 up front, and was scheduled to get another $55k the night of party ... however, the event was canceled just a few days before, and they had to issue refunds.

The match was JUST announced ... and we've already got some good old fashioned smack talk in the Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm UFC fight ... courtesy of Holly's camp.

Judgment Day has cometh for Baltimore Ravens lineman Brandon Williams ... courtesy of Alfonso Ribeiro -- and it's all over the 335-pounder's rendition of the Carlton Dance.

Backstory -- Williams LOVES to dance ... and posted a clip of himself doing the Carlton on his Instagram page. It's definitely not bad.

So, what does the guy who CREATED the dance think? He's critical.

The good news for Williams, his Ravens teammates LOOOOOVE his dance moves ... especially in the locker room.

The Kardashian sisters are being called out by one of the biggest female stars in wrestling ... WWE superstar Natalya ... who says she's DYING to hit the mat with Kim and Khloe.

But here's the thing ... the "Total Divas" star doesn't really wanna beat up K&K ... sounds like she just wants to roll around with 'em for a little bit. Can you blame her?

Dear Vince McMahon ... please make this happen.